Warbstow

The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Parish Church - 366 entries.

Census information for this parish (1841 - 1901) is held in the Cornwall Record Office. The Cornwall Family History Society offers a census search service for its members.

Specific census information for this parish is available as follows:

• 1841. The 1841 Census of Warbstow (HO107/140), Enumeration Districts 7 and 8, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851. The 1851 Census of Warbstow (HO107/1899), Enumeration Districts 2a and 2b), is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1861. The 1861 Census of Warbstow (RG9/1518) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project. The enumeration districts of the parish for this census cannot be determined.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Warbstow (RG10/2223), Enumeration Districts 8a and 9a, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Warbstow (RG11/2275), Enumeration Districts 8 and 9, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Warbstow (RG12/1802), Enumeration Districts 8 and 9, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SX2090 and was dedicated to St Werburga, or Werburgha. The parish church was built by the Normans; it was originally cruciform in shape but was partially rebuilt in the 15th century, when a north arcade and tower were added. The edifice comprises a chancel, nave and north aisle; there was a south transept which was destroyed in a mid-19th century restoration. The arcade has five four-centred arches supported on monolith granite pillars. The entrance is by a north porch, dated 1601. The tower is of two stages, is 50 feet in height and is finished with battlements and stump pinnacles. It contains three bells.
  The parish has been ecclesiastically consolidated with Treneglos; it is now part of St Gennys, Jacobstow with Warbstow and Treneglos.
• Non-Conformist. There was a Wesleyan Association chapel, and a Bible Christian chapel, at Canworthy Water.

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Warbestow are: C060131/2, M060131/2, Canworthy Water Bible Christian Circuit C065031. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1681 - 1805.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1695 - 1813, Burials 1695 - 1813, Marriages 1695 - 1838, Boyd's Marriage Index 1612 - 1812, Pallot's Marrriage Index 1790 - 1812, BTs 1612 - 1629.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1813 to 1911 in this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers Society have published on CD baptisms 1695 to 1812 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest..
  • The Parish Chest have published on CD, baptisms 1813 to 1908 for this parish.
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Marriages in the Parish 1683 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1683 to 1812 in this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD marriages 1695 to 1837 for this parish which can be purchased on Parish Chest.
• Burials.
  • Burials 1696 to 1910 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Burials in the Parish 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book file format.

The parish of Warbstow is in the Launceston Registration District and has been since 1st July 1837. There were sub-districts at Altarnun, Launceston, North Hill, North Petherwin and St Stephen-by-Launceston, but these are now all closed. Parishes within the district are: Altarnun, Boyton, Egloskerry, Laneast, Launceston, Lawhitton, Lewannick, Lezant, Northill, St. Mary Magdalene, St. Stephens by Launceston, St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Thomas Street, South Petherwin, Stokeclimsland, Tremaine, Treneglos, Tresmeer, Trewen, Warbstow.

The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: Hendra, Dunheved Road, Launceston, PL15 9JG. Tel: 01566 772464.

• Photographs of Warbstow are available on-line.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Warbstow to another place.

OPC Assistance. The On-line Parish Clerk (OPC) scheme operates a service to help family historians; the OPC page for this parish is available on-line from where the OPC can be contacted. The new OPC can now offer baptism-marriage-burial look-up service for the parish of Warbstow. If you think your people may have lived there, please send as much as you know about their names and dates and the OPC will be happy to make a search.

The Domesday Settlements of Cornwall, a study undertaken by the Cornwall Branch of the Historical Association, has identified and located settlements listed in the Exeter and Exchequer Domesday Survey of AD 1086. The following places have been identified in Warbstow ecclesiastical parish:

• Downinney (Domnechenif, Donecheniv), Grid Reference 209901.

• Map of the Launceston Registration District in which the parish lies.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX204913 (Lat/Lon: 50.693972, -4.543662), Warbstow which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Warbstow parish was part of the Launceston Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

The parish comprises 4151 acres of land.